MK Party wants to again push for expropriation of land without compensation
In 2018, its Progressive Caucus partner, the EFF attempted to amend Section 25 of the constitution to allow for expropriation of land without compensation, but the bill failed to get across the line three years later.
The president of uMkhonto weSizwe Party Jacob Zuma (left) and national spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela during the party’s media briefing in Johannesburg on 22 August 2024. Picture: Jacques Nelles/Eyewitness News
CAPE TOWN - The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party says it will make another push to amend Section 25 of the constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation.
Its Progressive Caucus partner the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) attempted this in 2018, but the bill failed to get across the line three years later.
During a second day of debate on the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Wednesday, the MK Party’s Nhlamulo Ndlela said under Cyril Ramphosa’s presidency, South Africa is a failed state.
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Ndlela said the party won't support the Expropriation Act because it’s not an improvement on the 1975 Act that it’s replacing.
“The MK party will not endorse half-baked legislation. We will push for an amendment to Section 25 of the constitution to allow for genuine land expropriation without compensation, to return the land to our people.”
He’s also termed the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act a betrayal and said his party won’t support it.
“It will not collapse private medical aids but will instead make them richer. This government remains committed to protecting white capital interests, always pleasing whiteness, at the expense of our people.”
Ndlela also claimed the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act won’t transform the sector while a Democratic Alliance party minister is in charge of implementing it.